Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011
Result
Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Queens Park Rangers 2-3 Manchester City: match report
Queens Park Rangers were beaten by Manchester City 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Jay Bothroyd opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Queens Park Rangers's goals came from Jay Bothroyd (28') and Heidar Helguson (69'). Manchester City scored through Edin Dzeko (43'), David Silva (52') and Yaya Touré (74').
Discipline: Queens Park Rangers received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Queens Park Rangers were 12th on 12 points from 10 and Manchester City 1st on 28 points from 10. Queens Park Rangers went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and Manchester City 1st with 89.
Queens Park Rangers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Queens Park Rangers's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Manchester City's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Jay Bothroyd
- 43'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 52'Goal · David Silva
- 69'Goal · Heidar Helguson
- 74'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 78'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 81'Yellow card · Joey Barton
Team news
Queens Park Rangers line-up (4-4-2)
Paddy Kenny, Danny Gabbidon, Armand Traore, Luke Young, Anton Ferdinand, Alejandro Faurlin, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jamie Mackie, Heidar Helguson, Jay Bothroyd, Joey Barton
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Stefan Savić, James Milner, Gareth Barry, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Edin Džeko, Aleksandar Kolarov, Sergio Agüero